By Kimberly Winston Religion News Service(RNS) Atheists and other nonbelievers largely welcomed Wednesday’s (May 22) remarks by Pope Francis that performing “good works” is not the exclusive domain of people of faith, but rather a place where they and atheists could and should meet.Read More... More on Pope Francis

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, is introducing himself to Iowa Republicans as would-be presidential candidates often do – as one of their own.Walker tells about 600 of the GOP faithful at a party fundraising banquet in a Des Moines suburb that he spent his childhood in Iowa.Read More... More on Scott Walker

DETROIT -- Jakub Kindl scored on a power play in the second period, Daniel Cleary had an empty-net goal and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings hold on for a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, putting the NHL's best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination.After losing Game 1, the seventh-seeded Red Wings have surged into control of the second round series by handing Chicago its first three-game losing streak of the year.Read More...…

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took a stroll down memory lane on Thursday, pointing a finger at a former president for helping Barack Obama get elected.The Hill notes that King rewinded to the Ronald Reagan administration, criticizing the former president's decision to pass the 1986 Amnesty Act. NPR noted in 2010 that the bill was designed to impose a crackdown on border security with Mexico, but effectively allowed amnesty to any immigrant entering the U.S. prior to 1982.The Washington Post added in…

Here's literary critic Edmund Wilson's form-letter for turning down requests from strangers. As Tim Ferriss notes, Wilson wasn't a hermit or antisocial, but he maximized the time he spent socializing with the people he liked by not letting strangers gobble up his time: Edmund Wilson regrets that it is impossible for him without compensation to: [...]    

A good read in The Daily Dot about a "major piece of the puzzle" in Tumblr's origin myth that’s often overlooked: "[Founder David] Karp wasn’t the first person to create a tumblelog, the term used to describe the stripped-down blogging and content curation he has become known for. He wasn’t even the second. The true [...]    

Here's a video from last week's Maker Faire showcasing technologies for printing out 3D-ish objects using 2D printers: ModelBox turns a 3D model into a series of 2D images you print on acetate and set into a frame to cheaply and quickly prototype/simulate the 3D object; Zebra Images turns 3D models into holograms; and Lynx [...]    

Google Translate says that the caption on this image is Japanese for "Bill of surprised frontispiece monster world." I can't really hazard any guesses beyond that, but hey, monster money! 『びっくり口絵 怪物世界のお札』 (via Crazy Abalone)    

Two-Factor Aunthentication For Login Verification Rolls Out On Twitter

A San Francisco home has its own Twitter account and posts frequent updates.

With all the talk of Tumblr Pinterest and Fab, a stylish newcomer called Tapiture is creating something unique in the visual discovery and sharing space.

United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the world. Not only is it the highest, it is cumbersome.

With Microsoft urging Win XP users to adopt Win8, Druva announces solution to easily migrate with Persona Backup

Social Seniors. An Important Demographic for Social Marketing Strategies.

Upcoming Xbox One Gaming System Announced By Microsoft

Who out there likes to wait? Well maybe a few people but for the most part no one likes to sit around and wait for things. Our society has been built on the fact we…

On December 14, 2012, a gunman killed twenty children and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Connecticut, before committing suicide. The gunman, identified by authorities…

I have often thought about the line between confidence and arrogance. At what point does boldness and self assurance turn into overbearing, arrogant and proud? I have always considered myself a confident person. I have…

Eight months ago my life changed. It was like standing on a cliff and blindly jumping into the unknown. Yet I did not fear the falling, I knew it was right to jump I just…

Do Christian’s rights even matter anymore in our society? At the 2012 Arab Festival in Dearborn a small group of Christians holding Christian signs was physically assaulted by a large group of Muslims with bottles,…

The controversy surrounding the “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition” at the Canada Science and Technology Museum raises some troubling question about our society’s preoccupaton with sex and what we deem educational. We always hear that our…

By Mike Mendler There is an interesting passage in John Chapter 7 which gives us a glimpse of Jesus’ relationships with his brothers. As the Feast of Tabernacles drew near, Jesus’ brothers said to him:…

Scientists at Princeton University have designed a bionic ear that can hear better than human ears. And get this: It was printed using an off-the-shelf 3D printer.We've heard of 3D printers someday building human organs before, but what's noteworthy about this project is this printed ear intertwines embedded electronics. These Princeton researchers basically 3D-printed cells and nanoparticles, and then combined a small coil antenna with cartilage to create this "bionic" ear, according to the un…

Samsung may sell more smartphones, but a new Apple ad claims that more people listen to music on their iPhones than any other phoneThe 60-second ad, which broke Thursday night, is a bit of a stylistic departure for the brand. The music is downbeat — even somber — the visuals are grainy, even a bit gritty. Images show people grooving to music on their iPhones while practicing their dance moves, studying and even coming out of the showerIt's not clear where Apple got its stat. The company r…

A group of students in France crafted wooden, energy-producing stationary bicycles from trash. These novel bikes were recently used to power a film festival screening in St. Étienne.The whole thing started last year when a group of green-minded engineering students at the School of Mines in Saint-Étienne started an “eco-projections” initiative to show documentary films powered by electricity-generating bikes. They formed a collective called Open Sources and developed several plastic bike…

Vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 yearsThe samples — collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin — were rediscovered last month by an archivist who was going over artifacts tucked away at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory."We don't know how or when they ended up in storage," Karen Nelson, who made the surprising discovery,…

The cicada swarms are coming, and there is nothing you can do to stop itYou will step on a cicada shell, one will fall in your hair and that buzzing drone will haunt your entire summer. But instead of fearing the creepy crawlers, appreciate this miraculous act of mother nature with a time-lapse by filmmaker Samuel OrrOrr is determined to change the bad rep these bugs have gotten with this video he's been producing since 2007. He says he became interested in the insects as a child when he found…

It's prom season — for the planetsEvery couple of years, give or take, planets get together in the night sky in such a way that they seem to be aligned with each other. They seem to be, really — from Earth's perspective — shyly approaching each other, asking each other to dance. This planetary mixing-and-mingling is scientifically known as "planetary conjunction" ... but it's colloquially known, probably because of the corsages and the limos and the awkward dancing, the "Dance of the Plan…

Another day, another problem for the former celebrity turned train wreck, Amanda Bynes. Apparently late this evening Amanda was arrested for throwing a bong out of her apartment window in Midtown, Manhattan. The best part about this is that cops were standing right outside of her building and saw the whole damn thing. The staff of the building [...]Amanda Bynes Just Got Arrested For Throwing A Bong Out Of Her Window

The marijuana industry is, as always, a booming one, and it’s one that is slowing legitimizing itself more and more everyday. In fact, on the west coast, those who made their money on marijuana on the black market have two paths to choose. Some have chosen the path of legitimizing their business, either opening medicinal [...]Marijuana Dealers Are Leaving California For New York Because The Market’s Better

Entertainment News recently posted an interview with most of the cast members of the upcoming “Arrested Development” season and it’s awesome. The video includes interviews with Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Walter and Alia Shawkat, all giving their two cents on the upcoming episodes which will be released in full [...]New “Arrested Development” Cast Interview (Video)

Former Miami Heat and Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy knows his family has become comfortable living together in Orlando, and has made it clear that he will not be coaching in the NBA next season. As a matter of fact, the charismatic coach acknowledges the fact that he may never coach in the league [...]Stan Van Gundy Admits He May Never Coach In The NBA Again

Wait, what did they just say!? Kmart has a new marketing campaign that sounds like a bunch of people cursing. First it was the “Ship My Pants” commercial that sounded like a store full of people exclaiming about how they had just sh*t themselves and now they bring us the “Big Gas Savings” commercial. In [...]Another Funny Kmart Commercial That Sounds Like People Cursing (Video)

There's something on the internet that you desperately want to keep everyone from seeing. Something you're deeply embarrassed of. That would show all your friends how you're not actually as smart and fashionable and ironically self-aware as you pretend to be. And you really ought to get over it. We all have stuff like this. Maybe it's a gross Facebook album from college. Or a Xanga or Livejournal or Blogger account, or a dance you did, or an a cappella YouTube video. Or, god forbid, your dating…

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains heavily sedated at a Boston Hospital, as investigators wait for him to regain the ability to communicate before they interrogate him. Unfortunately for investigators, he suffered a serious injury to his neck, that might prevent him from speaking for some time or at all. Authorities are trying to determine whether the shot that injured the suspect was self-inflicted, and believe it to be a strong possibility "because of the trajectory and location of the bullet wound in…

Police used thermal imaging from a helicopter to monitor Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's movement inside of the boat he had been hiding in, when they apprehended him Friday night. Dzhokhar, who was bleeding profusely, remains prone on the floor of the boat for much of the video, as police use a robot to tear away the tarp covering the boat, as well as throw what appears to be flash-bang grenades at the boat.The younger Tsarnaev brother is still in serious condition, and has not yet been interrogated. "I,…

Four days after he and his older brother, Tamerlan, allegedly bombed the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring dozens more, 19-year-old Dzhokar Tsarnaev is finally in custody. The days-long manhunt ended as bizarrely and gruesomely as it started: with Dzhokar trapped on a boat in a Watertown, Massachusetts, backyard, covered in blood—possibly his own—and surrounded by police. After a lengthy standoff and a conversation with a negotiator, Dzhokar turned himself over to the authorities.…

Welcome to Thatz Not Okay, a regular column in which I school inquiring readers on what is and is not okay. Please send your questions (max: 200 words) to caity@gawker.com with the subject "Thatz Not Okay." I was out to dinner with my boyfriend last night to celebrate some great career related news. We waited 1.5 hours for an outdoor table at our favorite restaurant. Another couple (who I confirmed later were 23 years old) sat down next to us and immediately got in a fight about him wanting to…

The anatomy of a rumor: Last night, a man named Steve Emerson, "terrorism expert," was called upon to talk about the Boston bombing on jumped-up carnival barker Sean Hannity's Fox News program. Citing unnamed sources, Emerson told Hannity that Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi, the 22-year-old Saudi national once considered a "person of interest" in the Boston case, was to be deported by the U.S. government on Tuesday "on national security grounds." "This is the way things are done with Saudi Arabia," sa…

The FBI released photo and video this afternoon of two suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing, and is asking the public's help in identifying them. They're calling them "Suspect One" (dark hat) and "Suspect Two" (white hat), and believe them to be associated. You can see photos of them here, or on the FBI's site. Update: And here's that nutty InfoWars reporter yelling during the press conference[FBI]